Essentials

Spore

Grass non-damaging

Generation 1

Summary

Puts the target to sleep.

Damage Dealt

  • Bug ½
  • Dark 1
  • Dragon ½
  • Electric 1
  • Fighting 1
  • Fire ½
  • Flying ½
  • Ghost 1
  • Grass ½
  • Ground 2
  • Ice 1
  • Normal 1
  • Poison ½
  • Psychic 1
  • Rock 2
  • Steel ½
  • Water 2

Stats

Power
— (no damage)
Accuracy
100%
PP
15, up to 24 with PP Up PP Up
Target
Selected Pokémon
Effect chance
n/a
Priority
0 (normal)

Flags

Machines

Generation 1
Not a TM
Generation 2
Not a TM
Generation 3
Not a TM
Generation 4
Not a TM
Generation 5
Not a TM

Effect

Puts the target to sleep.

Meta

This reflects how the games treat moves and may be somewhat idealistic.

Flavor

Flavor Text

Generation 2
Gold, Silver, Crystal

A move that induces sleep.

Generation 3
Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald

Scatters a cloud of spores that always induce sleep.

FireRed, LeafGreen

The user scatters bursts of fine spores that induce sleep.

Generation 4
Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold, SoulSilver

The user scatters bursts of spores that induce sleep.

Generation 5
Black, White

The user scatters bursts of spores that induce sleep.

Foreign Names

Czech
Výtrus
Italian
Spora
German
Pilzspore
French
Spore
Spanish
Espora
Japanese
キノコのほうし (kinokonohoushi)

Contests

Generation 3 Contest

Type
Beauty
Appeal
Jam
♥♥♥
Flavor text
Badly startles those that have made appeals.
Use after
None
Use before
None

Generation 4 Super Contest

Type
Beauty
Appeal
♡♡
Flavor text
Lowers the Voltage of all Judges by one each.
Use after
None
Use before
None

Similar moves

These moves all have the same effect as Spore.

Move Type Class PP Power Acc Pri Effect
Sing Normal non-damaging 15 55%

Puts the target to sleep.

Sleep Powder Grass non-damaging 15 75%

Puts the target to sleep.

Hypnosis Psychic non-damaging 20 60%

Puts the target to sleep.

Lovely Kiss Normal non-damaging 10 75%

Puts the target to sleep.

GrassWhistle Grass non-damaging 15 55%

Puts the target to sleep.

Dark Void Dark non-damaging 10 80%

Puts the target to sleep.

Pokémon

Generation 1 Generation 2 Generation 3 Generation 4 Generation 5 Pokémon Type Ability Gender Egg Group HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spd Total
Level up: Learned when a Pokémon reaches a certain level.
27 25 25 17 22 Paras Bug Grass Effect Spore
Dry Skin
Damp
½ male, ½ female Bug
Plant
35 70 55 45 55 25 285
30 28 27 17 22 Parasect Bug Grass Effect Spore
Dry Skin
Damp
½ male, ½ female Bug
Plant
60 95 80 60 80 30 405
54 45 45 Shroomish Grass Effect Spore
Poison Heal
Quick Feet
½ male, ½ female Fairy
Plant
60 40 60 40 60 35 295
50 Foongus Grass Poison Effect Spore
Regenerator
½ male, ½ female Plant 69 55 45 55 55 15 294
62 Amoonguss Grass Poison Effect Spore
Regenerator
½ male, ½ female Plant 114 85 70 85 80 30 464

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